Santiago Santos

Santiago Santos Muñoz (born in Madrid, on 11 October 1961) is a Spanish former rugby union player and currently coach of the Spain national rugby union team since 2013.

Santiago Santos
Birth nameSantiago Santos Muñoz
Date of birth (1961-10-11) 11 October 1961
Place of birthMadrid, Spain
Notable relative(s)Emilio Butragueño (cousin)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1979-1984
1984-1992		 Real Canoe N.C.
Liceo Francés		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1980-1992  Spain 18 4
Coaching career
Years Team
1992-19??
19??-200?
200?-2013
2013-present		 Liceo Francés
MARU
CR Cisneros
 Spain

Playing career

Santos made his debut for Real Canoe N.C. at the age of 18 years. In 1984, many players left the club and went to Liceo Francés, where he played for the rest of his career, initially in the second division, and finally in the top category. That Liceo team finished runner-up in the 1990–91 and 1992-93 seasons, and runner-up in 1988-89 Copa del Rey. Santos arrived to Alcalá de Henares almost by chance. His life brought him to England to teach at Instituto Español in London for six years. That adventure in London brought him to retire in the amateur teams of the professional London side Wasps RFC.

International career

As a Spanish international, he debuted at the age of 18, in the test match against Sweden in Uppsala, on 9 June 1980 and his last cap was at the age of 30, during the test match against Romania in Madrid, on 4 April 1992, earning 45 caps for Spain in aggregate.

Coaching career

After his retirement as player, he became a coach. Since then, great clubs from Madrid such as Liceo Francés, MARU (currently Alcobendas Rugby) and Complutense Cisneros were some of the teams he coached until his appointment for the Spanish national side, replacing the New Zealander Bryce Bevin.[1] His highest goal is to bring Spain in a World Cup which the national team did not made to it since 1999. Despite his work as national coach, he is still a highly qualified physical education teacher at the IES Antonio Machado.[2]

Personal life

Although born in Madrid, Santos resides in Alcalá de Henares. He is cousin of the former Real Madrid football player Emilio Butragueño.[3]

References
  1. MARCA.com. "Santiago Santos ya es el nuevo seleccionador del 'XV del León'". MARCA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  2. "Santiago Santos, nuevo seleccionador español". Europa Press. 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  3. "SANTIAGO SANTOS, EL ALCALAÍNO QUE QUIERE DEVOLVER A ESPAÑA A UN MUNDIAL". Rugby Alcalá (in European Spanish). 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
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